Drawing Lesson: How to Use the Envelope Method to Draw Your Shoes

Drawing lesson: Learn how to use the enveloping method to draw a pair of shoes from a first-person perspective. The first half of the video covers how to draw with the envelope method and the second half covers shading. See the Art Isolation playlist from our KZbin channel home page for the other lessons.
** Video Sections **
2min 37sec: The Enveloping Method (drawing the outline of the shoes)
27min 12 sec: Shading the Shoes
** Materials Used **
- HB pencil for drawing the outline
- 4B and 6B or 8B for darker shading
- White drawing / sketching paper
- An eraser
** Reference Photos **
1. Reference Photo: art-tutor.s3.amazonaws.com/fi...
2. Reference photo with envelope: art-tutor.s3.amazonaws.com/fi...
3. Phil's outline drawing: art-tutor.s3.amazonaws.com/fi...
4. Final Sketch: art-tutor.s3.amazonaws.com/fi...
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[@PhilDaviesArtist]

I hope you find the enveloping method useful. Just remember... if it seems a little methodical and mechanical, that's because any skill when it's first being learned is a bit stop-start and each step has to be very conscious (a bit like learning to drive). With a bit of practice, it becomes much more fluid and you have to make many of the construction marks I show in this video. BUT, you will still be observing the exact same things! The enveloping method just helps you to see those a little easier at first. Any questions, please add them below and I'll do my best to answer asap. Phil

[@RobertF-]

That is a really great drawing and you're an incredible teacher. Thank you. All the best, take care.

[@roxannemcknight6059]

How can we see photo to draw from that? Great tutorial…thanks!p

[@deborahburns988]

Your instruction couldn't be better and I learned a lot. It's so unusual to have your art talent and ability to teach, too! Thanks for sharing.

[@anaalmeidaf]

Can't believe I'm drawing again! Thank you!

[@Ron-wf1tt]

I actually watched you for 52 minuets! that was great video and great lesson, Thanks

[@bimmermom]

Excellent video! I’ve done ‘drawing’ for a lot of years but never have I learned about ‘enveloping’ ... I learned so much from this one video ... thank you

[@agratatiwari7994]

Your page helps me a lot to grow!!!

[@Bondroit]

Un grand Merci Phil, c'est une révélation cette technique de dessin. Salutations de Belgique by de way :)

[@edzejandehaan9265]

I've heard this same method referred to as "boxing in". Good video.

[@AbiNomac]

It’s really nice to see you on camera. You’re good looking. Thank you for a great channel. You are a very good artist too.

[@savickskavela475]

Phil you are a good mentor and your art is good and inspirational.

[@amexjam55]

The shading demonstration section of this lesson was excellent. Thank you.

[@helanker]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful way of drawing. I learned a new way here. Thank you !!

[@thisischris5351]

Omgosh Phil your ankles are beautiful. I love you so much more for sharing and drawing them 🥰🥰 thank you for the great video! Can’t wait to try it out.

[@dgibrilmonarque9769]

I loved this Lesson. I hope you will give more lessons as this using different types of pencils with gradation: HB, 2B, 3B, 6B, etc...

[@leandrocarp6864]

Thank you so much for these art works you have been doing for us.

[@miguegouart]

Nice style !!!!

[@artistmurlinath]

Great work #artistmurlinath

[@karenmoss8810]

Brilliant! This novice may give it a try. BTW, I do agree with those who said the music was distracting. Thank goodness it didn't last long.

[@mreinstein48]

Great tip & job!!

[@Hexonip]

I enjoy simplifying lace-holes. Awesome video!

[@judywhite1035]

Thanks so much for such a great tutorial. This method is a great way to break down a complicated subject.

[@steventhomas7292]

Great quality demo, thanks a bunch.

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

You're welcome Steve, glad you enjoyed it

[@artistmurlinath]

Hi #artistmurlinath

[@LisaIngArt]

Woua ! it's really amazing ! beautiful art création :)

[@meerajoshi8398]

Thank you so much Phil for sharing this beautifully explained video 🙏🏻

[@navafam5773]

Amazing drawing sr!!!! I would of loved to see u draw the actual Carpet, to see all the detail that goes into it!!!!

[@bipashaanam4514]

This is awesome😍 very descriptive and methodically put together. Loved it.

[@pauletteblake6612]

Thank you so much. Your tutorial was excellent. I look forward to following more lessons you might post.

[@aliciamolloy5948]

Another great lesson, thank you so much!

[@patty7407]

I learn a lot from your videos. you are a great teacher! Thanks

[@DaStarrchild]

Great lesson 👍

[@loisallen3078]

Brilliant and thank you. Expert tutorial

[@wayneblonn6518]

Thanks, tutorial really helps

[@louvetteuy8610]

This is the video I need, thank you for the inspiration.

[@nikhileshpandey204]

Hi l love sketching and i learned a lot from your channel. So keep up the great work man!

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

Thanks Nikhilesh

[@rjlausartDesign]

Amazing sketch..

[@lynnnicholas5832]

Excellent tutorial thank you

[@zoridahall4732]

Loved it excellent tutorial, thank you Zoe looking forward for the next tutorial

[@dgibrilmonarque9769]

Waou! Very beautiful!

[@TeresaMArsenault]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@NehaSharma-oh5lu]

I like all your videos I have seen. Its so informative. Besically and mostly tutorials are full with costly drwaing sets not the teaching. I have learned so many thing specially outline clasess and volume clasess I saw

[@shirleylawrence9599]

i am going to do this one. This lesson on enveloping helped me more than the other one. :Your explanations were better and I understood it much better . Thank you

[@maryhemmick5603]

Awesome lesson! Thanks

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

Phil, thanks so much for such a great tutorial. I learned a lot from the video. Interesting that you used the Black pencils for all the shading. Good way to eliminate the shine from a graphite drawing.

[@Students-ov6th]

So helpful god bless you

[@guyver1215]

awesome

[@sketchinggas3057]

Thank you sir for giving me new thing

[@2gohan002]

Excellent! I hope to see a way to draw charles bargue from easy to hard level.

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

There are some good videos on KZbin for drawing Bargue drawings using the enveloping method. Actually that's where I first heard the term.

[@joeljoel5433]

Thanks

[@k-bear4799]

Could you still draw things like this with a mechanical pencil

[@elneserato3766]

Umm. Can this be used to draw heels too.?

[@alma-wi]

But this will only work, if I draw from reference, right? If I wanted to draw a pair of highheels on a chair next to me, how could I substitute that envelope?? Could I use skewer sticks? Could that work?

[@janinakitchen2696]

How do I find your reference photo to download? (I watched it last night but can't recall how far through it you mentioned where to find it). Thanks

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

If you go to the video on the ArtTutor webpage, you will find the reference photo there to download.

[@sameehakhaliq8327]

Hey I'm trying this. Bit difficult though

[@sketchinggas3057]

😭😭😭 this best but it take more time to see these video

[@tookiecookie2266]

Hello why you did not use the golden ratio for the proportions!!!!!

[@PhilDaviesArtist]

tookie cookie because I don’t really believe in the golden ratio

[@scrappysinger]

😂 go and sit in a darkened room.... 🎨💗

[@xetrius3671]

You are holding a pencil, why don't you use it to copy distances?

[@catzkeet4860]

I know this is an old comment and video.... But seriously? You can't "copy distances" unless you want to be forever limited to making drawings that are exactly the same size as your reference. You can copy angles, because they don't change with increase or decreases in size but distances(ie: length of lines) do. They are relative to the size of the subject.

[@xetrius3671]

@@catzkeet4860 The semantics of "copy distance", you copy a scale of size. By maintaining the same scale reference you can draw what you see in ratio to all the other measuring points in your drawing. If you want to draw a building with some trees you obviously do no draw it exactly the same size, so you take your pencil and close one eye extend your arm intront of your face and line the point of the pencil with on of the edges of the building use your thumb down the pencil to mark the length and transfer that distance to the paper, do that with multiple reference points and you get the building to scale.

[@shattan49]

The music in the shading portion of the video was very annoying and too loud. Could hardly hear what he was saying in the beginning, until the music volume was turned down some. Still distracting.

[@janetc3707]

Why play the music so loud we can't hear you talk? Everything was fine until the shading part with the loud music.

[@natford8271]

The music drowns out your voice and is very distracting. 😳

[@reitzdanie1855]

Please loose the background music! Very distracting !